Introduction:
My Trial: --------------------------------------------------
How to Profit from Trials: Change The Way You See Them (James 1:1-12)
- See trials as Strengthening you. (Jas 1:3-4)
- See trials as Teaching you. (Jas 1:5-8)
- See trials as Humbling you. (Jas 1:9-11)
- See trials as Testing you. (Jas 1:12)
Hebrews 12:2 - looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Small Group Discussion
Read James 1:1-12
What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
How are trials a “test” (Jas 1:3, 12)? What do they reveal?
James 1:4 says to let steadfastness have its full effect. What are ways people refuse to obey this and resist what God wants to accomplish in trials?
What does it mean that steadfastness makes us “perfect and complete, lacking in nothing” (Jas 1:4)?
Share a time when you asked God for wisdom in a trial, and He clearly answered (Jas 1:5).
Breakout
Pray for one another - to see trials according to God’s purposes.